1. The low deltas and riverbank areas are extremely inundated during the rainy season, and are very fertile.
2. The central belt in Igbo is a rather high plain, good for farming.
3. The Igbo don't think of locusts as a threat at all, but after the first wave, another larger and more dangerous swarm is predicted to come.
4. The Igbo even eat the locusts, this shows how they don't think of locusts as any threat.
5. The Igbo people relied almost entirely on their crop of yams.
6. The yams were always planted at a certain time of year and in a certain way. Years of planting and harvesting changed and evolved the Igbo way of farming.
7. Some seasons however, yielded failed crops, too wet or too dry could prove fatal for the Igbo people.
8. Ani was a god to the Igbo people. Ani was like a mother nature and Ani would decide how much rain would fall on their land. Ther`efore the Igbo people in hopes of gaining a good harvest would pray to Ani and sacrifice goats, hens, or even first-born children. In a way it can be said that the Igbo people did not need a deity or gods, they just needed assurance that their crop wouldn't fail, and by idolizing this mythical deity the Igbo had all of their bases covered.
9. Having a large harvest of yams represented wealth, and their status.
10. Different ways of farming allowed for good crops the majority of the time such as crop rotation and forest removal.
Farming and Locusts in Igbo (TFA Chapter 2)
Facts
1. The low deltas and riverbank areas are extremely inundated during the rainy season, and are very fertile.2. The central belt in Igbo is a rather high plain, good for farming.
3. The Igbo don't think of locusts as a threat at all, but after the first wave, another larger and more dangerous swarm is predicted to come.
4. The Igbo even eat the locusts, this shows how they don't think of locusts as any threat.
5. The Igbo people relied almost entirely on their crop of yams.
6. The yams were always planted at a certain time of year and in a certain way. Years of planting and harvesting changed and evolved the Igbo way of farming.
7. Some seasons however, yielded failed crops, too wet or too dry could prove fatal for the Igbo people.
8. Ani was a god to the Igbo people. Ani was like a mother nature and Ani would decide how much rain would fall on their land. Ther`efore the Igbo people in hopes of gaining a good harvest would pray to Ani and sacrifice goats, hens, or even first-born children. In a way it can be said that the Igbo people did not need a deity or gods, they just needed assurance that their crop wouldn't fail, and by idolizing this mythical deity the Igbo had all of their bases covered.
9. Having a large harvest of yams represented wealth, and their status.
10. Different ways of farming allowed for good crops the majority of the time such as crop rotation and forest removal.
For Further Information
http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Mauritania-to-Nigeria/Igbo.htmlWorks Cited
http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Mauritania-to-Nigeria/Igbo.html
http://faculty.csusb.edu/ramirez/winter03/world/tfatheme.html http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/185205/igbo_people_a_study_in_anthropology.html http://www.frontiermuseum.org/WestAfrica.html